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01 Apr 2004 05:20:42 AM |
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Trapping the fantastic light |
Trapping the fantastic light
http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/feature/story/0,13026,1182736,00.html
Technology is harnessing the secrets of sea creatures, writes Emma
Young
Thursday April 1, 2004
The Guardian
The lobed comb jellyfish that loiters in Australia's coastal waters is
by any standard an unlikely candidate to trigger the next technology
boom. But where some see a hapless, tendrilled blob, others see the
future of computing.
The reason for researchers' optimism lies in the dazzling flashes of
colour that streak down the creatures' tentacles. New work by
researchers in Australia and the UK has now revealed a remarkably
simple technique behind the display, one that physicists would love to
adapt. If they get it right, they believe communications and computer
technology will be transformed.
Practical applications of Evolutionary Biology
http://tinyurl.com/stmt
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| User: "Eros" |
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| Title: Re: Trapping the fantastic light |
01 Apr 2004 09:47:29 PM |
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(maff) wrote in message news:<18510aff.0404010330.1da48e30@posting.google.com>...
Trapping the fantastic light
http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/feature/story/0,13026,1182736,00.html
Technology is harnessing the secrets of sea creatures, writes Emma
Young
Thursday April 1, 2004
The Guardian
The lobed comb jellyfish that loiters in Australia's coastal waters is
by any standard an unlikely candidate to trigger the next technology
boom. But where some see a hapless, tendrilled blob, others see the
future of computing.
The reason for researchers' optimism lies in the dazzling flashes of
colour that streak down the creatures' tentacles. New work by
researchers in Australia and the UK has now revealed a remarkably
simple technique behind the display, one that physicists would love to
adapt. If they get it right, they believe communications and computer
technology will be transformed.
Practical applications of Evolutionary Biology
http://tinyurl.com/stmt
It appears the little buggers use "photonic crystals". Does this mean
we can expect "photonic torpedoes" to follow? We haven't even
discovered warp drive yet!
EROS.
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| User: "John Wilkins" |
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| Title: Re: Trapping the fantastic light |
02 Apr 2004 07:10:14 AM |
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Eros <eros_talk_origins@hotmail.com> wrote:
maff91@yahoo.com (maff) wrote
Trapping the fantastic light
http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/feature/story/0,13026,1182736,00.html
Technology is harnessing the secrets of sea creatures, writes Emma
Young
Thursday April 1, 2004
The Guardian
The lobed comb jellyfish that loiters in Australia's coastal waters is
by any standard an unlikely candidate to trigger the next technology
boom. But where some see a hapless, tendrilled blob, others see the
future of computing.
The reason for researchers' optimism lies in the dazzling flashes of
colour that streak down the creatures' tentacles. New work by
researchers in Australia and the UK has now revealed a remarkably
simple technique behind the display, one that physicists would love to
adapt. If they get it right, they believe communications and computer
technology will be transformed.
Practical applications of Evolutionary Biology
http://tinyurl.com/stmt
It appears the little buggers use "photonic crystals". Does this mean
we can expect "photonic torpedoes" to follow? We haven't even
discovered warp drive yet!
You surely don't expect drive research to move faster than light
research?
--
John Wilkins
john_SPAM@wilkins.id.au http://www.wilkins.id.au
"Men mark it when they hit, but do not mark it when they miss"
- Francis Bacon
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| User: "Eros" |
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| Title: Re: Trapping the fantastic light |
04 Apr 2004 06:57:24 PM |
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(John Wilkins) wrote in message news:<1gbn11b.13046jgb0ppciN%>...
Eros <eros_talk_origins@hotmail.com> wrote:
maff91@yahoo.com (maff) wrote
Trapping the fantastic light
http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/feature/story/0,13026,1182736,00.html
Technology is harnessing the secrets of sea creatures, writes Emma
Young
Thursday April 1, 2004
The Guardian
The lobed comb jellyfish that loiters in Australia's coastal waters is
by any standard an unlikely candidate to trigger the next technology
boom. But where some see a hapless, tendrilled blob, others see the
future of computing.
The reason for researchers' optimism lies in the dazzling flashes of
colour that streak down the creatures' tentacles. New work by
researchers in Australia and the UK has now revealed a remarkably
simple technique behind the display, one that physicists would love to
adapt. If they get it right, they believe communications and computer
technology will be transformed.
Practical applications of Evolutionary Biology
http://tinyurl.com/stmt
It appears the little buggers use "photonic crystals". Does this mean
we can expect "photonic torpedoes" to follow? We haven't even
discovered warp drive yet!
You surely don't expect drive research to move faster than light
research?
Actually, I don't think drive research can move any faster than light refreshments!
EROS.
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